Yup.
Separation does not equate with ignorance of ourselves, although many persons discover they have very little awareness of themselves once they put down that drink. Ignorance is bliss comes to mind, and many drinkers made full use of those 'skills'
it simply means we will not ever allow those problems in our life to be seized upon by the AV and used as excuses to drink or get high. That's all.
I can't agree with this though, as worded about not allowing. I can't control my AV without creating more AV, so attempting controlling what my AV does or doesn't do is useless and unsatisfying.
I'm sure its just your wording that is igniting my own AV early warning bells, lol.
It's perfectly okay for my AV to seize upon whatever and present them to me as excuses to drink. I control the ability to drink, not my AV. I have nothing to fear from my AV. I'm not confused about what an excuse is anymore.